Which tracker is best to track my children?

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I'm trying to find a good tracker for my children, the itagpro sounds good but I couldn't work out if it was hyped up as the review person had a discount on it.

The air tag, can it only be used with an i phone? As I have an Android.

Is there any other good ones? I need it to be accurate and be able to manage distances.

Any help would be appreciated please
Thank you

Just to add - me and DH are tracked too, I’m always losing my phone so Find My Phone is always on! Literally a non-issue. If there’s trust then what would be the problem - same questions regarding kids…?

We have find my iPhone. It has its moments where it’s useful, mainly for putting dinner on.

I wouldn’t put a chip in my child’s rucksack though. I think that’s weird.

As for the one where you can listen in that’s just odd.

Does it not increase anxiety though? If they aren't where they said they'd be or take longer than they should moving along somewhere? Are you watching and waiting and biting your nails?

I'm of the old variety, we'd say when we'd be in and we had better be in by then or risk a bollocking. But parents just got on with things and didn't fret quite so much. We all lived then and I don't think that children were being snatched, kidnapped or assaulted any more frequently in those days than now.

I think trackers etc are just another weapon in the war to make us all too scared to do anything.

How do you know they don’t track you and your DH?

I have never tracked my children, but DH sends me a live track when he is cycling. That way I get an alert if he falls off his bike!

I use Life360

So for your convenience you’d rather track your DC’s instead of teaching them independence? If they aren’t home when dinner is ready - their problem that they miss a meal/have to reheat it/make their own?

They’re typical, busy teenagers. They often ask where we went last night or what time we got home. If they were that busy tracking us I don’t think they’d do that. But I can’t be 100% sure. Why does it bother you so much?

Bothers me (mildly) when there is little trust and independence in children growing up.

If there's trust, why do you need to track them?

Ah, the drip feed! Of course.

This. I just don't get it.

Why would you need a phone in year 5

So their parents could track them when they were playing out

(That and some of the other nonsense were why DD didn't have a phone until Yr6... she managed to play out without it just fine. )

I don’t track my children re dinner. It’s more my husband to see what train he’s caught. It’s nice to eat together

And he can’t text to say that he’s on the 6.30 train or I’ll be late, eat without me?

He can and frequently does but it’s a London service and liable to go wrong/get delayed. He often does the same when I’m at the office. It really isn’t a big deal.

Where have I said that there’s little trust between us and our (older teenage) kids?

It’s a handy app. It’s as simple as that. 🤷🏻‍♀️. You don’t have to agree, or like it!

i do 🤷‍♀️

well not exactly “track”, but we all share locations, with consent. Anyone can switch it on or off at any point, no questions asked.

both kids share locations with selected friends on Snapchat too.

my mum also has her location on.

don’t see a problem with it. TBH it’s mainly used when one has put their phone/airpods down and can’t remember where, so we can all beep each others phones to find them. Dc like it because it means they don’t have to check in as much so it actually has made them more independent.

Dc like it because it means they don’t have to check in as much
Whats all the checking in for.

Dunno, the people repeatedly vehemently posting against them seem to be the paranoid ones.

It's not compulsory to use trackers, you'll be relieved to know dude.

Manners. As they get more independent they need to let adults/parents know when plans change and they aren’t where they’re supposed to be.

i used to find a phone box or use a house phone. Meant I was always worrying if my mum was worried and always conscious that it was 9:30 and I’d said I’d be home, so I needed to find a phone.

”I’m stuck at work won’t be home for dinner”
”I’m at friend x’s, home late”
”had a drink, will sleep over, back tomorrow”

they don’t have to think about making phone calls when they’re out having fun, and can change their plans without having to call me. If it’s 2am and they’re not home I can see they’re at friend x’s and lock up and go to bed, or see they’re still in spoons and will be late.

Yep, and it means you can call the taxi company and ask them to check.

or retrieve the phone from where you lost it, or report location to the police.

sometimes it is about tracking the phone and not about tracking the person. It’s £1k of easily lost/stolen tech, why wouldn’t you track it?

I can see they’re at friend x’s and lock up and go to bed, or see they’re still in spoons and will be late.
If they are in spoons they are adults then.

Yep, DH is definitely an adult. Doesn’t mean I don’t worry about him or want to lock him out!